In statistics from 1999 through 2001 provided by NVSS, Louisiana’smortalityrates for lungcancerdeaths have exceeded the national rates. LungCancerMortalityRate 1999-2004 ...LungCancerMortalityLungcancerdeaths are the third most common cause ... LA USRate per 1000 Population 2002-2004* 1999-01 Data - NVSS (SEDS) *2002-04 Data - OPH

is useful to evaluate Louisiana’scancer incidence and cancerdeaths as compared ...rates, with the exception of white males. In fact, Louisianacancerdeaths peaked ... Male Female I M I M I M I M Louisiana All CancerLungU.S. All CancerLung

Table 2.8: 1993-1997 ComparativeCancerMortality Statistics in Louisiana by Cancer Site, Race and Gender given in Rates per 100, 000 population All Sites Breast ... n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Cancer Site White Black White Black Male Male Female Female RateRateRateRate ... Two-thirds (66.6%) of New Orleans residents are African-American, compared to about one-third (32.3%) of Louisiana’s population and approximately one-eighth (12.1%) of the U.S. population. Whites comprise 26.6% of the population in New Orleans; Hispanics

Figure HP7. LungCancerDeathRatesLouisiana and United States, 1987-1998 Age-adjusted mortalityrate per 100, 000 population Year Year 2000 US Target LA Trend US LA ... Goals LungCancerDeathLungcancerdeathrates are used to measure progress ... in the lungcancer age-adjusted deathrate to 42 per 100, 000 in the general population

Figure HP7. LungCancerDeathRatesLouisiana and United States, 1987-1996 Age-adjusted mortalityrate per 100, 000 population Year Year 2000 US Target LA Trend US LA ... Goals LungCancerDeathLungcancerdeathrates are used to measure progress ... in the lungcancer age-adjusted deathrate to 42 per 100, 000 in the general population

The lungcancermortalityrate for South Carolina (shown below) is improved ... data points to examine lungcancermortalityrates by the full ethnicity spectrum ... are shown below. The lungcancermortalityrates are higher for White women